Discontinuous Change Leading Organizational Transformation [Hardcover]

Explores the practical lessons learned from internationally renowned companies to bring about lasting and fundamental organizational transformation, providing a useful set of field-tested concepts and techniques for anyone seeking to promote change. In-depth interviews with such key corporate change leaders as Bob Allen of AT&T and Jamie Houghton of Corning, Inc., provide valuable insight and firsthand advice on the role CEOs and leadership teams can play in organizational transformation.THE CHANGING NATURE OF CHANGE.

Change Leadership: Core Competency for the Twenty-First Century (D.Nadler & R. Shaw).

Types of Organizational Change: From Incremental Improvement toDiscontinuous Transformation (D. Nadler & M. Tushman).

The Challenge of Discontinuous Change (D. Nadler & M.Tushman).

THE PRACTICE OF DISCONTINUOUS CHANGE.

The Fundamentals of Change Management (K. Morris & C.Raben).

The Essence of Discontinuous Change: Leadership, Identity, andArchitecture (R. Shaw).

Staging Discontinuous Change (A. Walton).

Sustaining Change: Creating the Resilient Organization (M. Marks& R. Shaw).

KEY LEVERAGE POINTS FOR DISCONTINUOUS CHANGE.

Generative Strategy: Crafting Competitive Advantage (A.Walton).

Organizational Architecture: Designing for High Performance (D.Nadler).

Transformative Culture: Shaping the Informal Organization (A.Walton).

Business Processes: Embracing the Logic and Limits of Reengineering(R. Shaw & M. Maletz).

Executive Development: Finding and Growing Champions of Change (R.Ketterer & M. Chayes).

LEADING CHANGE.

Beyond the Heroic Leader (D. Nadler).

The Emerging Role of the CEOl£Y